Accountability
Still holding strong with my small and simple changes. Scripture study reading every night, listening every morning and a small workout in the morning. Although it's not an official target that I hold myself to, I have unofficially started trying to ensure that I get an extra 1000 steps daily on a mini stepper while at work, as this is something that I can do with a standing work station at work for some of the time that I am working (it would be nice if I could do it more, but there are areas of my job that require greater stability, such as writing things by hand that I can't do efficiently while stepping along on the mini stepper). Yesterday, I actually ended up with over 6000 extra steps, which is likely the best I've ever managed - thanks largely to spending my lunch break on it (also something I wish I could do more of, but usually need to spend my break doing other things for my family)
Anyhow, I did 3x20 push-ups today with 30-second breaks. It was nice.
Ponderings
Listening to the calamities that came along with the lead up to Christ's visit to the Americas and the people lamenting they should have repented sooner, is striking as we can expect parallels with Christ's second coming. Now is the time to put ourselves right with god, so we don't find ourselves bemoaning the same regret.
I also thought I'd share a little lesson on faith I learned last night reading to my girls. In 2 Nephi 5, Nephi explains that his brothers did cause him to pray a great deal. In the end, his brothers still wanted to kill him and he was warned to flee. This is a classic case of prayers not turning out the way one would hope for. The Lord didn't remove his brothers' agency and shape them up, but did warn Nephi to get to safety when it came to that. Was Nephi's faith shaken? Well the account doesn't state as much, although it would be normal for him to have to process this for a while. In the end we know he remained faithful, so we can be sure that any feeling of not having prayers answered was resolved.
My thought here is that we need to be careful not to lose faith when it seems that our prayers aren't being heard or answered. They surely are, but we don't always like the answer. This is an important part of Faith as well. Trusting that the Lord is looking out for our best interests even when we think a different way would be better. Easier said than done, but important.
Be strong!
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Right, In reference to the title I have certainly seen things that relate to the idea of procrastinating something and problems arising. Oh that I had put gas in the car or oil or wiper fluid or changed those bald tires. Regrets certainly settle in and spiritual regrets can cause a burning fever in the brain as with Zeezrom. I like your plan to make small consistent steps. I’m working on that.
I'm finding it is working. It is right there in the scriptures that by small and simple means great things are brought to pass. I've not done as well as I should have over the years in applying this principle to harness the power of consistency.